Machine for measuring liquids.



C. E. MANDEVILLE, MACHINEA FOR MEASURING LIQUIDS. APPLICATION man :uw: 22. 191s.

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Sppeeicativon of Letters Patent.

Patented Feb. 56, 191%.

Application filed J une 22, 1916. Serial No. 105,243.y

To all whomrz't may concern:

yBeY it yknown that I, vCHinsrorngeii E. MAN- nnvinLn, a citizen of the` United States, .residing at Rahway, inthe county of Union and t''tate of New Jersey, have invented cer.- tain new and useful lmproveinents in Machines for Measuring Liquids, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to new and useful improvements in liquidmeasuring devices, the `primary object of my invention being the provision of a device for measuring pre.- deterinined quantities of liquid as it flows fromv a faucet, the chief use for my invention being in the dispensing of beer and similar liquids.

A further object of my invention consists in providing a cup adapted to be `detachably connected to the nozzle of a faucet and having a discharge spout through which liquid flowingrfrom the faucet will pass into a properV measuring receptacle. p

ln this connection, a still further object of iny invention consists in providing means detachably engageable with the spout for supporting a receptacle in juxtaposition to the discharge end of the spout.

A further object of my invention consists in so constructing the receptacle supporting member that the receptacle will normally be held in a horizontal position whether empty or full and in such a manner that the receptacle may be tilted to discharge its contents, when desired, means being provided to prevent tilting of the receptacle to such an extent that it will not automaticallyT return to horizontal. .position when released.

With these and other objects in view, my invention will be more fully described, illustrated in the accompanying drawings, .and then specifically pointed out in the claims which are attached to and form a part of this application.

In the drawings:

Figure l is a side elevation of my inveiition;

Fig. 2 is a sectional view taken through the lower portion of the nozzle engaging cap or cup;

Fig. 3 is a vertical sectional view taken through the nozzle engaging cup at right angles to the spout;

Fig. 4 is a fragmentary perspective view,

showing the connection between the receptacle supporting member and receptacle.

Corresponding and like parts `are referred to in the following description and indicated in` all the views of the drawings by the same reference characters.

In order to insure a clear and accurate understandingg,` of my invention l'. have illustrated it in connection with a conventional form of faucet 10 having a discharge nozzle 11. Broadly speaking, my invention includes the nozzle engaging cup 12 having a discharge spout 18, a supporting member 14 detachablyengaging the spout, and a receptacle l5 carried by the supporting member. rlhe cup 12 is substantially cylindrical in shape, being closed at its lower end and open at its top with its wall flaring outwardly somewhat intermediate its length, as shown at 16, to .provide a frusto-conical inner seat against which the free end of the faucet nozzle will engage in order that the cup may be closely fitted to faucets having nozzles of slightly different diameters.

A clamping screw 17 is threaded through a thickened portion 18 of the cup to engage the faucet nozzle and hold the cup in place. The cup, at substantially the level of the inner face of its bottom wall, is formed with a discharge nipple 19 into which one end of the tubular spout 13 projects. This spout is in the form of a relatively stiff metal tube and is brazed, soldered or otherwise suitably secured to the cup. The inner end of the spout or pipe forming it seats in a diametrically extending semi-cylindrical groove 20 formed in the bottoni wall of the cup and the portion of spout forming pipe seating in this groove is cut-away, as clearly sh-own in Figs. 1 and 2, to provide av trough shaped terminal into which the liquid from the cup may flow. The free .end of the spout is downturned, as shown.

The receptacle 15 is preferably in the form of an open pan somewhat greater in diameter at its upper than at its lower end and provided with opposed depressions 21 in its side wall, these depressions being off center, as shown in Figs. 1 and 2. The supporting member lll is in the forni of a semicircular bail of relatively stiff wire or other suitable material, having its free ends inbent, as shown at 22, to seat in the depressions 21 and form trunnions to pivotally support the basin 15. The intermediate portion of the bail is bent to form a loop 23 disposed in a plane at right angles to the plane of the arms of the bail and proporwhich the device is intendedt0 measure.

Assuming that the basin employedvis capable of holding one quart, it will he clear that if the faucet is opened until sufficient liquid has flown through the -cup 12` and nozzle 13 to fill the basin 15 and the faucet closed, the desired quart of liquid may be emptied-into a suitable container without further measurement merely by holding the containerl beneath the-basin 15 and tilting the basin to discharge its contents. The tilting of the basin is limited by the open loops 9.11' to such an extent that as soon as the basin is released it will automatically swing back to horizontal position, due to the manner in which it is mounted upon the terminals of the bail.

Obviously, various modifications in structuremay be made without in the slightest degree departing from the spirit of my invention and I therefore reserve the right to make any changes in details, such as may be covered by the appended claims.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed as new is:

" f1. A liquid measuring device including a cup adapted for detachable engagement with i Yto engage' the receptacle when the latter hasa'ffaucet nozzle, a spout leading from the cup, a measuring receptacle, and means carried by the spout for supporting the receptacle in engagement therewith, said meansl including a bail bent intermediate `its length to forma spout receiving eye in a plane at right angles to the body of the bail and having its arms bent inwardly to form trunnions to pivotally support the receptaclefo center, one of the arms being formed adjacent its trumiion with an upwardly and inwardly directed loop adapted been tilted to a predetermined extent to prevent its being swung past center.

2. A -liquid measuring device including a 'cup formed interiorly with a frusto-conical side Walls of which are formed with opa posed depressions offset'from the center of the receptacle, and a supporting bail engaging the spout and having trunnions engaging in thedepressions to pivotally support the receptacle beneath the spout whereby the receptacle is heldagainst tilting movement in one direction by engagement with the spout.

4. A liquid measuring device including a faucet nozzle engaging cup, a spout leading from the cup, a measuring receptacle, the side Walls of which are formed with opposed depressions odset one side of the center of the receptacle, a supporting bail engaging the spout and having trunnions engaging in the depressions to pivotally support the receptacle beneath the spout whereby the receptacle is held against tilting movement in one direction by engagement with the spout, and means for limiting its tilting movement in the opposite direction.

5. A liquid measuring device including a faucet nozzle engaging cup, a spout leading from the cup, a measuring receptacle, the

side walls of which are formed with opposed depressions offset from the center of the receptacle, a supporting bail engaging the spout and having trunnions engaging in the depressions to pivotally support the receptacle beneath the spout whereby the'rcceptacle is held against tilting movement in one direction by engagement with the spout, andl means for limiting its tilting movement in thev opposite direction and including an inward projection formed upon the bail and engageable by the receptacle when the latter has been tilted to a. predetermined angle from the horizontal.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature.

CHRISTOPHER E. MANDEVILLE. [n s.;

" C opies ofrtnis patent may be obtained `for've cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents,

` Washington, D. C. 

